Fusion surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis?

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Editorial

Fay E A Greenway et al. J Spine Surg. 2016 Jun.

. 2016 Jun;2(2):154-7.

doi: 10.21037/jss.2016.06.08.

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Atkinson Morley Wing, St George's University Hospital, London, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Fusion Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.
Försth P, Ólafsson G, Carlsson T, Frost A, Borgström F, Fritzell P, Öhagen P, Michaëlsson K, Sandén B. Försth P, et al. N Engl J Med. 2016 Apr 14;374(15):1413-23. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1513721. N Engl J Med. 2016. PMID: 27074066 Clinical Trial.

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